In rare video footage, a male whale shark has been spotted biting at his female partner during courtship. Before now, we knew very little about the secret sex lives of the world's largest fish ...

With its cartilaginous body and cold blood, the whale shark is decidedly not a whale. But this shark is about as long as a humpback and just as gentle. So gentle, in fact, that tours to dive with ...

A sprawl of now-unidentifiable machines used in what was once the world’s only on-land and biggest whale abattoir face a similar fate. Dead penguins and a lone departed seal are dotted across ...

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the biggest fish on the planet, with some clocking in at 60 feet long. Now, for the first time, we might have some clues to how these endangered gentle giants mate.

The Azores is probably one of the best places in the world to go whale watching. That's because it is one of the world's largest whale sanctuaries, with more than 20 different species of cetaceans ...

Daniel Bianchetta Monterey Bay Whale Watch They have “sleek, streamlined bodies with V-shaped heads” and a “tall, hooked dorsal fin,” the NOAA said. They are the world’s second-largest ...